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CABBAGE SLIGER. No. 301,685. Patented July 8. 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

THEODORE A. COOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK;

CABBAGE-SLlCER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettrsPatent No. 301,685, dated July 8,1884.

Application filed March 28, 1884. (N0 model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THE DORE A. COOK, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedCabbage-Slicer, of which'the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of this invention is to provide a practical device forslicing cabbage; and the invention consists of the construction,arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming. part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a section of my new and improved cabbage-slicer as itappears when placed upon a tub or receptacle for receiving the cabbageas it -is sliced. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same, and Fig. 3 is adetailed view of the frame.

A represents a base of wood of suitable size to be placed upon the tubor receptacle B.

The base A is formed with the large aperture 0, and is provided at oneend with the extension D, to which the arm E'of the main castiron frameF is secured by a bolt at a. The frame F is in this instance square inform, and is formed with the four feet b-one at each cornerthrough whichbolts pass for securing the frame firmly to the base A. The frame Fisalso formed or provided with the box or hopper G, in which the cabbageto be sliced is placed, and it is formed also with notches at c, whichreceive and form ways for the edges (1 of the sliding knife-plate H. Theplate H has twosets of diagonal slots, 6 6, made in it, in which thecutting-knives ff are held, and it has the strengthening-ribs g and thelugs Ii formed upon its under surface, the lugs h forming a connectionfor the con necting-rod or pitlnan I, by which the plate is connectedwith the sectional rim or collar J, fitted upon the eccentric K of thelever L,

which latter is pivoted at i to the outer end of the extension E, sothat by reciprocating the lever L the eccentric K, acting through thecollar J and pitman I, will reciprocate the knife-plate H in the notchesor ways 0.

Attached to or formed upon the under surfaces of the strips 0', formedby making the slots 6 in the knife-plate H, are the inclined lugs j, towhich the knives fare secured by suitable screws or bolts, and upon theunder surface of the strips 0 formed by making the adapting thecutting-plate H, when reciprocated, to cut in both directions, theknives f cutting when the plate His drawn forward in the direction ofthe arrow, and the knives f cutting when the plate H is shoved backward.Thisi double action of the knives makes the device very rapid in itsaction, and, owing to the arrangement of the eccentric-lever L, thedevice is very easy to operate; and as a whole the machine is verycheap, durable, and practical for its purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is a The slicing device comprising the base A,having the extension D, the frame F, having legs bolted to the base A,said frame also having an extension, E, bolted at itsdownwardlyprojecting end to the outer end of the baseextension D, andthe knife-plate H, adapted to bear and guided in notches c in the upperinner edges of the frame-legs, and carrying the oppositely-disposedcutting-knives, and means to reciprocate said knife-plate.

. THEODORE A. COOK. Witnesses:

JOHN CRAWFORD, WILLIAM Coons.

